Butterflies Eyecare News

Heat treatments such as eye masks and goggles can improve blepharitis by gently warming the oily liquid in the glands. Combined with lid massage afterwards, this helps to release the oils and improve the quality of the tears. Many were developed by ophthalmologists and can be re-used hundreds of times, find out what to look for.

As an optometrist, I am sometimes asked in the consulting room whether peoples eye are ‘generally the same’. This got me thinking about the number of different lenses we use to examine peoples eyes and the possibility that each pair truly is unique.

As the colder weather arrives and the temperature drops outside, the heating and bath/shower temperatures rise meaning our skin easily dries out causing flakes, itching, redness and even skin cracks. Ensure you choose the best Epimax cream for your needs.

Did you see Dragons' Den yesterday? If you did, you would have seen fellow optometrist and developer of OcuShield Dhruvin Patel facing down the Dragons. OcuShield is a tempered glass screen protector that protects our eyes as well as the mobile device's screen. 

Ever needed to increase the magnification on your reading glasses? Well now you can with Eyejusters. Eyejusters are innovative adjustable focus reading glasses, allowing you to change lens strength to anything from plano (zero power) to +4.00 dioptres. 

As lockdown starts to ease again, many of us are planning our return to work at the office. Your workplace may have already changed with less people, more space and ventilation. But some personal hygiene equipment may also still be necessary and we are here to help. 

Don't sit and suffer when our extensive range of eye health products can be delivered straight to your door with just a few clicks of the mouse. 

We have just received our Feefo Gold Award for customer service for the 6th year running. Thank you to all of YOU, our loyal customers for taking the time to send Feefo your customer star ratings and comments. Find out why these awards mean so much to us.

James and Michelle Sutton from Butterflies Eyecare recently celebrated their 10 year anniversary in business with a 'blind' driving event with fellow Banbury Chamber of Commerce members Base Performance Simulators.

At this year's Pure Beauty Awards, our new lash serum for sensitive eyes Infini-Lashes was Highly Commended as Best New Eye Product. Infini-lashes serum perfectly blends nutritional ingredients to help nourish eyelashes to grow stronger and longer.

Running from the 27th June to the 3rd of July, this year's Macular Week organised by The Macular Society aims to raise awareness of an eye condition relating to the macula - an important but very small area for seeing at the back of the eye. Here's Mac the Macula's poster. . . .he's only the size of a grain of rice!!

Last Friday the scene was set for the Cherwell Business Awards 2016 at Begbroke Science Park in Oxfordshire. The marquee was beautifully dressed and the stage lit up for our host Kirsty Leahy of Banbury Sound.